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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 2126: Establishes a pilot program on upper payment limits for prescription drugs

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 2126 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes a pilot program on upper payment limits for prescription drugs. Primary sponsor: Sarahana Shrestha (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 30 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 2, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 2126B.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Establishes a pilot program on upper payment limits for prescription drugs; provides that an upper payment limit shall not be less than the maximum fair price for a drug published by the secretary of the US department of health and human services.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 18 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 9 · Republican/Conservative 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sarahana ShresthaPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse103
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Noah BurroughsCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse18
Sarah ClarkCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse136
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Phara Souffrant ForrestCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Emily GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Judy GriffinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Jonathan JacobsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Donna LupardoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse123
Marcela MitaynesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse51
Diana MorenoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse36
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Phil RamosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Gabriella RomeroCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse109
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Tony SimoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Claire ValdezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse37

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. PRINT NUMBER 2126B
  2. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE
  3. PRINT NUMBER 2126A
  4. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE
  5. REFERRED TO INSURANCE
  6. REFERRED TO INSURANCE

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source